Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in Seattle in 1973 and based in San Francisco since 1978. The ensemble has commissioned more than 1,200 works, from contemporary classical and minimalism to Mexican folk, jazz and tango. Recordings include "Black Angels" (1990) and "Pieces of Africa" (1992), and the quartet won the Polar Music Prize in 2011 and two Grammy Awards.